I disagree, it was a perfectly fair debate
It just appears strange because you very rarely get to see a debate where one party has a completely indefensible stance.

The problem with it is that, as some chap on the telly said this morning, there are three types of people who vote BNP: Fucking stupid racists; People who don't understand politics; and people who feel let down by the other political parties.

Bashing Griffin wont affect any of those groups, and the first two groups do not comprise that many people and probably aren't worth bothering with as there will always be some people like that.

But if the main parties were to actually engage the third group on their fears and demonstrate that they are actually unfounded i.e. we are not being over run, we are not a "full" country etc. then you can get them to engage in mainstream politics and not to vote extremists with no policies into power.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 12:42, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I agree with this as well
I'm quite agreeable today.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Fri 23 Oct 2009, 13:12, Reply)